Funny that you mention this Bill.  I'm not sure I've heard the song you were talking about...but I have noticed an increased interest among kids lately in rock.  I'm thinking though that people are about tired of the hip-hop/pop mix that to me is basically a music jumbalaya and are ready for a "new" sound out there.

I can say, I'd love to hear some new guitar driven music come around as opposed to the bass driven dance music that seems to be so popular.

Maybe I'm off my rocker (pun intended), but I want to hear the good stuff.

Well, next year I'll still be teaching, but a different assignment.  I decided I had had enough of the stress of teaching a state mandated tested subject...US History.  I love US History, but I'm tired of the test stress.  So next year I'll drop down form 8th grade to 7th grade and teach Texas History.  No state tests and the kids don't yet have a chip of their shoulder.  BTW, it's also the Gifted/Talented and Honors kids so I'm really excited I won't have to spend so much time babysitting and can actually teach.

These are awesome.  I so bad wish I had a scanner to put mine on.  I can only imagine how my two would look.

I can vouch for the Detolf's that Rob mentioned.  But I think I paid something like $80 at the store for them and I bought two.  There are a few pics of my collection if you go to the vintage section and take a look at my Han focus. I don't have a group shot of all of the collection in both sets of shelves.

I've always been a fan of tactics and strategy...  During the PBS series The Civil War, I always appreciated the animated maps though they were pretty simplistic.  That's why I was hoping we'd see the Battle360 series expand to ground campaigns and other wars/eras to really illustrate the how's and why's of a large battle and moments in history that often were turning points.

There's another series that's done a lot of ground campaigns, and right now I'm brainfarting on what the name of that show is, but they haven't done new ones in a long while.  One of their better ones was the battle of Stalingrad though, and really illustrated just how brutal that conflict was.  That series seems to be dead and only airing repeats though.

I think Dogfights is new this season, isn't it Chris?  It's good...  I mean, it tells you stories you'd never hear otherwise...  One from Korea with two pilots chasing one another all the way down on the deck INSIDE a dried out river bed...  Who knew that stuff went on?  Who knew there was a US pilot alive who lived a friggin' movie storyline like that?  Tom Cruise, eat your heart out...  I mean, it was nuts, and the pilot, likely a Russian ace, led the US pilot right to his base and flak fire, where the US pilot shot him down as he tried to land...  Crazy stuff.

I saw Dogfights last week and they were talking to a P47 pilot duking it out with a German pilot and how the two of them got alongside one another and started gesturing to one another before they continued fighting.  It's just crazy the stories these men will tell.

Yeah Jesse, DF is new this season.  The one you are thinking about in your second paragraph is 20th Century battlefields.  I think I've DVR'd all of those and have seen them all now.

For a good story, you can some of Stephen Coonts non-fiction writings...can't remember the name of the particular book at the moment.  I could go on and on about good history books...image that???  Jesse, if you are interested in some good readings, or anyone for that matter, either reply here or shoot me a PM about your subject preference and I'll see if I've read something on it.

BTW, for those who don't know, I've got a degree in History and teach it to 8th graders and will be working on a Masters shortly, also in History.

Battlefield 360 is a pretty cool show.

But I think Dogfights is even better.  For those who don't know, the two usually run back to back on Friday nights and as Jesse mentioned, they are replayed many times and you can catch up on what you missed..or just set the DVR and record away.

I might also add that the show Shootout is really good, also on the History Channel.  It's like the other two and goes in depth with tactics and decisions made during firefights and battles.  If you enjoy History and need are a "visual" learner, the above mentioned shows are excellent to help you get a perspective on things.

I only watched the first episode of the Terminator series.  I wasn't impressed and decided there were other things I could do with my time. 

As for the movie T3, am I the only person who actually liked that movie?  I thought the ending was decent and although some of the acting was a little odd, I liked the direction the movie went.  Just my .02 on it though.